Corporate mission

Over 340 companies from 38 countries have signed up to the Corporate Leaders’ Group on Climate Change 2°C Challenge Communiqué, to be presented at COP17 in Durban.

The Communiqué calls on governments around the world to take urgent action on climate change to limit average global temperature rises to less than 2°C.

“If we do not act, climate change risks seriously undermining future global prosperity and inflicting significant social, economic and environmental costs on the world. If we take the right steps, we can secure a low carbon?emission economy that is more resilient, more efficient and less vulnerable to global shocks,” states the Communiqué.

Such a communique was issued last time too, but this time the Communiqué has secured support from some of the world’s largest companies, including Alstom, AVIVA, BAA, BP, BT, Shell, Diageo, Unilever, Cisco and Tesco.

European companies dominate the line up, totalling some 195, followed by 54 from the Americas, 71 from Asia Pacific and 22 from Africa. Still fewer than the 900 odd firms that signed up to the Copenhagen Communiqué.

Still, it is a worthy drive.